What effect will the HCP have on existing land management practices on partner lands?
The HCP will allow existing partner land management activities which include savanna and barrens management; state highway and utility line corridor construction and maintenance activities; and forestry activities to proceed. However, measures will be incorporated into these activities to avoid, minimize, and mitigate harm to the Karner blue butterfly to insure its long-term persistence in Wisconsin. Examples of conservation measures included in the HCP are fall mowing and herbicide applications to protect lupine and nectar plants, the creation of dispersal corridors between Karner blue butterfly sites, and the maintenance of a shifting mosaic of forestry habitat to maintain suitable habitat for the butterfly on a landscape scale basis. Any permanent take of habitat will require the development of a mitigation plan. 24. What effect will the HCP have on the Karner blue butterfly? It is anticipated that the implementation of the HCP will have a positive effect on the conservation of the
